Topalov 2 v Kramnik 3
Chess players are nothing if not temperamental. The story so far - at least as I could be bothered learning about it is that:...
NRL 2006: The Decider!
It all started on the 10th of March with the Dragons and Tigers and will end about 8:45 Sunday night with either the Broncos or...
Weekend reflections
Two weeks ago Ken wondered aloud on 'weekend reflections' that it might not work all that well on Troppo. It had only attracted between...
Commoditising High Cost Technology
In 1963 the Australian Government ordered the F111 at the then astronomical cost of $112 million with the final cost a decade later being 324...
The Stoush in the South
There is nothing, I'm sure you'd agree, more fascinating, more delightful to observe, or more satisfying to the soul, than to see two grown men...
Ian Jarvie on Popper’s “social turn”
It is generally accepted that Popper did not give a thorough account of the way that science actually works, and that is supposed to indicate...
Globalisation – what happens next and what will it mean?
I've been doing some (fairly idle) thinking but not much reading about globalisation and the extent to which large amounts of 'offshoring' of labour will...